Introductory text

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to Council Joint Action 2005/797/CFSP of 14 November 2005 on the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories^f1, and in particular Article 14(2) thereof, in conjunction with the second indent of Article 23(2) of the Treaty on European Union,

Whereas:

On 14 November 2005 the Council adopted Joint Action 2005/797/CFSP establishing a European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS) for a period of three years. The operational phase of the EUPOL COPPS started on 1 January 2006.

On 20 November 2006 the Council adopted Decision 2006/807/CFSP^f2 establishing the final budget for EUPOL COPPS for the year 2007.

On 6 December 2007 the Council adopted Decision 2007/808/CFSP, providing that the budget would also cover expenditure related to the Mission from 1 January 2007 to 29 February 2008.

In accordance with Article 1(2) of Decision 2007/808/CFSP, the final budget of EUPOL COPPS for the period from 1 March 2008 to 31 December 2008 is to be decided by the Council before 29 February 2008,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: